Quote:
On my deer hunting loads I always measure out each load and reweigh each one, but when loading for varmits I reweigh about ever 5th round loaded.
Exactly what I do. I set my measure about a gr. light and trickle up to weight in the scale pan. Any of the spherical/ball powders (like H335 or W748) have dropped a consistant weight through my RCBS powder measure. One thing I do is fill the hopper, throw about 1/3 of a hopper back into the can using the handle (to settle/pack the powder into the hopper), refill the hopper, then throw a load and weigh it. I weigh about 5 loads and if they're consistent +/- .1 grs. I start loading. I weigh every 10th load and keep the hopper between 2/3 and full. I also "double-tap" the handle when throwing every charge. Use the same force and technique every time you throw a load and that powder measure can be pretty accurate. If the small cavity charge block will hold the load you're throwing, use it, it's more consistant. That's how I do it and I was getting good charge weights and turning out rounds pretty quickly. If you just fill the hopper and start throwing into the scale pan and adjusting, you'll be fiddling with the micrometer adjustment for quite a while. An old-time reloader taught me this, it wasn't something I "discovered". /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
Or you could buy an electronic scale/trickler. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif